Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

These have been our favorite cookies for several years.  I made the recipe just big enough to fit in a KitchenAid mixer.  So this makes a lot of cookies!  You can half or even quarter the recipe.  This recipe makes five dozen (medium ice cream scoop sized) cookies.  These freeze well – so you can always have fresh cookies out of the freezer.  This is what Mom used to do.  We would make a huge batch and freeze most of them and eat them right out of the freezer, one cookie at a time, when we wanted a treat.  :-) Or you can let them thaw also.

I had Juliet make these when she was here for the race last week.  They were a hit!  Everybody loved them.  So will you.  :-) Enjoy!

Here is the recipe:

Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies

Ingredients:

2 cups butter or margarine

2 cups peanut butter

2 cups granulated sugar

2 cups packed brown sugar

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons baking powder

4 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla

5 cups all-purpose flour

3 cups chocolate chips

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl beat the butter or margarine and peanut butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Add the granulated sugar, brown sugar, baking soda, baking powder. Cream together until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla. Beat together until well mixed.  Add flour and beat until just mixed together. Stir in chocolate chips.

Roll into balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake at 375°F for 7 to 9 minutes until lightly browned. Let cool on wire rack. Makes five dozen large cookies.